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ASTONISHING X-MEN #50MARJORIE LIU (w) • MIKE PERKINS (a)Cover by DUSTIN WEAVERVARIANT COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY• Karma is losing control of her mind, and taking control of the other X-Men!• When Kyle is put in danger, will Northstar choose him or his team?• Don’t miss the end of this issue – it’ll be the most talked about moment of the year!

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1Written by GRANT MORRISONArt and cover by CHRIS BURNHAMRetailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.• BATMAN, INCORPORATED makes its NEW 52 debut with an all-new first issue!• The series hits the ground running as BATMAN and ROBIN face off against the assassin GOATBOY!• LEVIATHAN’S sinister mission revealed!

COBRA ONGOING #13Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Fuso x 2 (c)A NEW ERA BEGINS HERE! The critically-acclaimed COBRA series enters a new era! With the JOEs fragmented, somebody's got to handle the dirty work. Who will it be? Find out here! When G.I. JOE goes underground, the world will never be the same!

DEADPOOL #55DANIEL WAY (w) • ALE GARZA (a)Cover by DAVE JOHNSON• All-new storyline!• Just who is that under Deadpool’s mask?• Guest-starring THE INTELLIGENCIA!

GODZILLA ONGOING #1Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Art Adams, Tony Harris (c)Godzilla is back... in an all-new ongoing series! Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team to take down monster-sized threats... at $7 billion a bounty. What starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer... if he can live past day one!

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9Written by JEFF LEMIREArt by MIKEL JANINCover by RYAN SOOK• New series writer JEFF LEMIRE introduces a new team roster and a new mission!• Featuring JOHN CONSTANTINE, ZATANNA, DEADMAN, BLACK ORCHID and more!• Constantine and the team must steal a map to the source of all magic out of the clutches of FELIX FAUST!• The first of a four-part story that will have lasting implications for the entire DC Universe.

MIND MGMT #1Writer: Matt KindtArtist: Matt KindtReporting on a commercial flight where everyone aboard lost their memories, a young journalist stumbles onto a much bigger story, the top-secret Mind Management program. Her ensuing journey involves weaponized psychics, hypnotic advertising, talking dolphins, and seemingly immortal pursuers, as she attempts to find the flight’s missing passenger, the man who was Mind MGMT’s greatest success—and its most devastating failure. But in a world where people can rewrite reality itself, can she trust anything she sees?

RESIDENT ALIEN #1Writer: Peter HoganArtist: Steve ParkhouseA stranded alien seeks refuge in the small town of Patience, USA, where he hides undercover as a semiretired doctor, masking his appearance using his unique mental abilities. Now known as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, all the alien wants is to be left alone until he’s rescued. However, when the town’s real doctor dies, “Dr. Harry” is pulled into medical service—and also finds himself smack dab in the middle of a murder mystery! He’d rather be fishing. Acclaimed creators Peter Hogan (2000 AD, Tom Strong) and Steve Parkhouse (The Milkman Murders, Doctor Who) deliver a truly unique sci-fi adventure tale!

WITCHBLADE #156story TIM SEELEYart / cover DIEGO BERNARD & FRED BENESSara Pezzini thought she had reached an understanding with Chicago P.D.'s Jane "Big Woz" Wosnicki, but clearly she was mistaken. In order to protect her secret life, Pezzini will agree to help solve a personal problem for Woz, which will inadvertently lead her to discover another aspect of Chicago's supernaturally corrupt nature.A standalone issue from the new creative team of TIM SEELEY (HACK/SLASH, BLOODSTRIKE) and DIEGO BERNARD (The Man With No Name) is a perfect jumping on point for readers just now catching up with WITCHBLADE!

YOUNGBLOOD #71story JOHN McLAUGHLINart JON MALIN & ROB LIEFELDIt’s the 20th anniversary of the comic book that launched the Image Revolution in 1992! ROB LIEFELD’s YOUNGBLOOD returns bigger and better than ever with an all-new look at the next generation of superheroes, courtesy of screenwriter JOHN McLAUGHLIN (Black Swan, Parker), up-and-coming artist JON MALIN and YOUNGBLOOD creator and Image founder ROB LIEFELD!In this first issue, a young reporter is embedded in the Youngblood team. Her assignment is to gather enough information for a humiliating puff piece, but she quickly discovers Shaft, Vogue, Lady Photon, Die Hard and Cougar are a team to be reckoned with. Badrock would be part of the group too... if he wasn't in a coma with wounds that have nearly pulverized his otherwise rock-hard hide.

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